I am currently crafting a new Free Republic post quoting part of your comment. I think it was brilliant and should be more widely read.
But I am not quoting your name just in case people get angry. I will wear that if it happens.
Feel free to identify yourself there if you wish.
Thank you for touching base. Permit me to add one more thing.
Years ago I read an article written by an American who happened to be in Greece on 9/11. He was touched by the reaction of the Greeks he met. They would come up to him and say “We are all Americans now.”
With his invasion of Iraq, Bush II threw all that goodwill away. He destroyed what could have been a united front against radical Islam. He turned America from a victim into an aggressor. And he turned the Muslims from aggressors into (perceived) victims.
I have no personal animosity towards Bush II. I suppose he is a decent enough guy. But his actions were unforgivable.